Amanda Ambler
Home & Property
Partner & Head of Real Estate Operations
Based: Bradford Office
Amanda joined Chadwick Lawrence in December 2020 and comes into the business with over 16 years’ experience in Residential Conveyancing.
Amanda acts for our Premier Service Clients alongside handling Real Estate business development and looking at the operational side of the department in terms of systems and processes.
Amanda is able to handle all work types.
Asma Iqbal
Corporate Recovery & Insolvency, Dispute Resolution, Litigation in Business, Media Law and Reputation, Defamation and Reputation
Partner
Based: Leeds City Centre & Bradford Offices
Asma is a Partner at Chadwick Lawrence LLP and heads the Corporate Recovery and Insolvency Department. Asma qualified in 1999 and has extensive experience in Insolvency having spent 7 years at a Commercial Law firm in Leeds before joining Chadwick Lawrence LLP as a Partner in 2008.
Asma’s main areas of practice include advising business, Directors and Insolvency Practitioners in Corporate pre-insolvency and insolvency situations. Areas of expertise include the corporate restructuring of companies with a view to rescuing the business where commercially viable. Expertise in post insolvency situations include defending directors in antecedent transaction actions brought by Insolvency Practitioners including transactions at undervalue, preference claims, extortionate credit transactions, transactions defrauding creditors, wrongful and fraudulent trading and misfeasance claims. Asma also acts in Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 claims.
Asma advises individuals and insolvency practitioners in personal insolvency matters and acts for foreign creditors in recovering substantial sums due from debtors based in the United Kingdom.
Asma is chair of the R3 Yorkshire Women in Business Recovery Group and a member of the R3 Regional Committee.
Bhavna Patel
Home & Property
Partner & Real Estate Manager
Based: Morley Office
Bhavna studied Law at the University of Newcastle Upon Tyne and completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, York. She qualified as a Solicitor in November 2004 and worked in London before moving to the North. She has worked for Chadwick Lawrence since February 2013 and is based in the Morley office dealing with all varying aspects of Residential Property Law.
Bhavna is a Partner and Solicitor, qualifying in 2004. She specialises in all aspects of conveyancing, managing our Morley office and a team of 8. She is supervised by the Partner in Charge, Sarah Haller.
Catherine Dews
Family Law
Consultant
Based: Morley Office
Catherine completed a law degree at the University of Birmingham and qualified as a Solicitor in 1986. Having joined Chadwick Lawrence in 1993 as a specialist family lawyer, Catherine became a Partner with the firm in 1996.
Catherine has a wealth of experience in all aspects of family law and is regarded as one of the most effective Yorkshire practitioners in the area of high net worth financial settlements following divorce or separation.
With many years experience as a family mediator and collaborative lawyer, Catherine is an accredited Resolution specialist in financial provision within divorce, children matters and a member of the Law Society Family Panel.
As past President of the local Law Society, a recent career highlight for Catherine was attending the Royal Garden Party as a representative of the Law Society.
Catherine now works as a Consultant for Chadwick Lawrence.
Cheryl Largue
Complete Property Solutions
Partner
Based: Wakefield Office
Having graduated with an LLB (Hons) in European Legal Studies, Cheryl joined the firm in 1999 as a Trainee Solicitor, becoming a Partner in 2007 and now heads the Property team. Cheryl enjoys a vast array of transactional work, acting for a wide variety of clients.
Outside of work, Cheryl enjoys music, reading, cooking and spending time with her young family. She also enjoys letting off steam at kickboxing.
Dan Hirst
Complete Property Solutions, Acclaim, Dispute Resolution, Litigation in Business, Residential Property Disputes
Partner
Based: Leeds City Centre Office
Dan qualified as a Solicitor in 2005 and is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution Team. He joined Chadwick Lawrence following the merger with Godloves Solicitors in April 2012 where he headed the Commercial Litigation Unit.
Dan specialises in a broad range of company and commercial dispute resolution matters. His caseload is varied, but he has advised in disputes concerning commercial contracts, shareholder issues, partnership disputes and professional negligence matters. He has a growing caseload of clients seeking advice in relation to Base Rate Swap Agreements or Interest Rate Hedging Products.
Dan is a former President of the Halifax Incorporated Law Society and continues his involvement with the Society as a Governor and as a committee member.
Daniel Krigers
Employment
Partner
Based: Wakefield & Huddersfield Office
Daniel is an Employment Solicitor and the Partner at the firm responsible for financial matters. Daniel has been a member of the management board since April 2022.
Daniel has been with the firm since 2005, specialising in Employment Law with an exclusive focus on the firm’s Box HR service, where he provides tailored, national-level advice to employers. Daniel’s key area of interest is TUPE, he takes pride in offering client-centric, objective-led advice that is bespoke to each client he supports.
Outside of his client work, Daniel regularly records digital content on current employment law issues, helping clients and businesses stay informed.
Daniel proudly shares his claim to fame as a double Countdown winner in 2020, a story he’s happy to share with just about anyone who will listen! Daniel enjoys playing football and exploring the Northumberland and North Yorkshire countryside.
Howard Dapin
Wills & Probate
Partner
Based: Leeds City Centre Office
Howard is the Head of Chadwick Lawrence’s Wills & Probate Team and has over 34 years’ experience in private client work, specialising in Wills and Probate work as well as Lasting Powers of Attorney, Court of Protection matters and Trusts. Howard has been working in this area since he qualified in 1984 and has helped thousands of families and individuals. He has a particular interest and expertise in assisting small family businesses when they are devastated by a sudden death.
Howard is a proud member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners- STEP, an organisation which he has been involved with since it was first formed.
He admits to being a Trekkie and has published several histories on the subject of Leeds United Football Club.
Howard Willis
Personal Injury, Regulatory
Partner
Based: Huddersfield Office
Howard qualified as a solicitor in 1984 and has worked at Chadwick Lawrence since 1988 and is a specialist in Personal Injury, Inquests and Licensing matters.
A Partner heading up the personal injury department Howard specialises in serious injury cases specifically those involving spinal injuries and brain injuries. He recently obtained an award of £6.7 million for a Claimant with tetraplegia and a brain injury. Howard is a member of APIL and the Law Society Personal Injury Panel.
Howard also specialises in handling Inquests and acts for a large organisation preparing them for and representing them at Inquests across the country in particularly complex matters where there has been a death in custody.
Howards’s Licensing Law expertise is also well renowned. He acts for businesses of all sizes but recently concluded a complex licensing application on behalf of an internationally renowned sports stadium complex.
Howard relaxes by keeping fit walking in the countryside, cycling playing racquet ball and running coupled with his infectious appetite to travel in this country and abroad when time permits. He also loves music and has a number of eclectic play lists to keep him entertained.
Jack Oldroyd
Employment
Partner
Based: Wakefield Office
Jack is an employment litigation specialist at Chadwick Lawrence, having joined the firm in 2005.
Jack advises both businesses and individuals on all employment related issues, with a primary focus on employment tribunal claims. Jack covers a variety of issues including complaints of unfair and constructive dismissal, contract disputes, and has a particular interest in complex discrimination claims. In addition, Jack assists individuals through disciplinary and grievance processes, and negotiates and advises upon Settlement Agreements.
Outside of work, Jack channels his competitive side into golf, an ongoing work in progress!
Jonathan Moore
Complete Property Solutions
Partner
Based: Leeds City Centre Office
Jonathan is an experienced commercial property solicitor with over 25 years practicing experience, having worked at international, national and regional law firms.
Jonathan works with landowners, developers, local authorities, corporate occupiers and investors providing a pragmatic and no-nonsense approach that is aligned with the interests of the client.
In his spare time, Jonathan enjoys walking with his family in the Scottish Highlands and cycling (especially in Italy!) and has been involved in conditioning and movement coaching for a variety of sports teams, including most recently the GB u20s Ultimate Frisbee squad.
Joshua Smith
Dispute Resolution, Litigation in Business, Media Law and Reputation, Defamation and Reputation
Partner
Based: Leeds City Centre Office
Josh is a Partner at Chadwick Lawrence LLP specialising in commercial and civil dispute resolution- he is also joint Head of the Media Law team.
Josh’s practice focuses on commercial and civil dispute resolution and media law. He has vast commercial and civil litigation experience having acted in numerous types of cases often with complex expert issues in dispute. His media law practice has included acting for both companies and individuals in claims for defamation, harassment, privacy and other related actions. He is known for getting to the heart of a dispute quickly to provide effective solutions for clients.
Josh’s approach to legal practice is to avoid formal legal proceedings where possible, but if they prove necessary, to vigorously pursue them with the aim of achieving a desired settlement for clients. Whilst this isn’t always possible, he has significant experience in dealing with matters to trial including into appeal and enforcement stages. He has experience of the full range of alternative dispute resolution methods.
Josh is well known for his robust style and outcome-focused approach to litigation. The service offered to his clients is second to none and clients say this is what sets him apart from others in the legal world. Clients need to remain informed throughout their case in a way that can be easily understood; this is something Josh strives to achieve in every matter on which he works.
Kaye Willis
Dispute Resolution, Litigation in Business, Complete Property Solutions, Residential Property Disputes
Partner
Based: Leeds City Centre
Kaye has extensive experience having spent 14 years at Commercial Law firms in Leeds and Wakefield before joining Chadwick Lawrence as a Partner in 2022. Acting on behalf of claimants and defendants in a variety of commercial and general litigation matters, Kaye has a varied caseload – including property litigation, professional negligence and commercial contract disputes.
Leanne Franks
Corporate and Contracts
Partner
Based: Leeds City Centre Office
Leanne studied Law at Lincoln University, graduating in 2009 and went on to qualify as a solicitor in 2014.
Leanne is based in the firm’s Corporate and Contracts Department and specialises in commercial contracts, business acquisitions and sales and corporate compliance.
Michelle Myers
Home & Property
Partner & Real Estate Manager
Based: Guiseley Office
Michelle joined Chadwick Lawrence in 2013 with over 11 years’ experience in Commercial and Residential Conveyancing.
Michelle deals with all aspects of Property Law having specialised in equity release and commercial law and having acted for the country’s largest property investment company for 8 years.
Michelle deals with all types of conveyancing, with 18 years experience as a conveyancer. She is a Team Leader at our Guiseley Branch, supervising 10 staff. She is able to handle all work types and is supervised by the Partner in Charge of the Department Sarah Haller.
Natalie Glover
Home & Property
Partner & Real Estate Manager
Based: Wakefield Office
Although Natalie has no formal qualifications she is qualified by experience and heads a team of 10. She has 14 years experience as a Conveyancer, completing her Foundation Degree in Law in 2012. She is supervised by the Partner in Charge Sarah Haller.
Neil Wilson
Practice Management, Sports Law, Employment
Managing Partner of the Year 2016/17
Based: Guiseley and Bradford Offices
Neil Wilson is the Managing Partner at Chadwick Lawrence and was awarded the prestigious Managing Partner of the Year Award at the Yorkshire Legal Awards in October 2016 and highly commended in the same category at the Modern Law Awards in 2018. Neil completed a law degree (LLB) in 1996 and qualified as a solicitor in 1998. This is Neil’s second career after leaving a previous job as a manager in a large organisation and he is now a Partner at Chadwick Lawrence.
Neil specialises in sports law and employment law, working for many of the regions top organisations and sports clubs, including Kwik Fit, Stapletons Tyre Services Limited, Leeds Rhinos and Huddersfield Town Football Club.
Neil is a regular and prominent speaker on employment law and people management matters at business events, drawing on his experience from developing Chadwick Lawrence’s employment law training material and delivering this material on behalf of the team. Neil is also a Mental Health First Aider.
Neil has been at the forefront of driving forward the culture change at Chadwick Lawrence and with input from all colleagues developing a clear vision for the practice supported by a series of core values which together are known as “The Chadwick Lawrence Way”. His presentation on this culture change journey is always very well received. In November 2017 Chadwick Lawrence were voted Employer of the Year at the Examiner Business Awards, a great accolade recognising the hard work all colleagues have put in to achieve this. Neil is keen to embrace new technology and thrives in a paperlite environment helping him to have no fixed office base and as such he works from all of our offices across West Yorkshire.
Neil likes to keep fit by regularly attending the gym and taking part in long distance walking challenges and charity runs. Having completed a number of marathons he tends to stick to 10k races nowadays. Formerly a semi-professional drummer he still likes to keep his hand in to the annoyance of his wife and neighbours!
Nicholas Worsnop
Regulatory, Intellectual Property, Litigation in Business, Corporate and Contracts
Partner
Based: Halifax Office
Nicholas is a partner, the firm’s Compliance Officer for Legal Practice and registered as the Data Protection Officer.
Nicholas is part of the Corporate and Commercial team specialising in intellectual property, data protection, and commercial terms and trading agreements.
Nicholas’s intellectual property work includes dealing with and advising upon infringement of IP, as well as protecting business’ IP and goodwill. The data protection guidance and assistance for businesses includes audits, reviewing processes, drafting policies and assisting with data subject requests and breaches.
Nicholas is the secretary of the Community Foundation for Calderdale, a director of the Association of Suppliers to the British Clothing Industry and the Halifax 900 Trust. He is also the chair and founder of the business networking organisation Business for Calderdale.
Nils O’Donoghue
Sports Law, Regulatory, Road Traffic Motoring Law
Partner
Based: Huddersfield Office
Nils joined Chadwick Lawrence in May 2011, becoming an Associate with the firm in October 2015 and a Partner in October 2017. Nils has 9 years PQE experience. Nils helps businesses and individuals with their regulatory and compliance issues both on a contentious and non-contentious basis. Nils recently acted for an international sports star in relation to anti-doping matter brought by UK Anti-Doping.
Nils has a high success rate in motoring law matters and regularly acts for individuals who find themselves being prosecuted by the Police for speeding, drink driving and other various motoring law offences. Nils also advises and represents clients who wish to argue they should keep their licence because of the exceptional hardship they or their families would suffer.
Nils has a particular interest in advising sports clubs and professional sports men and women, and acts for a number of the region’s leading rugby union and rugby league clubs. Nils has experience of advising sports clubs in high profile dismissals of both players and coaching staff, as well as advising sports clubs on immigration and disciplinary matters brought by sporting governing bodies such as the Football Association, the Rugby Football League and the Rugby Football Union. Nils has an enviable list of sporting clients, some of which include a football league club and its manager, rugby league and union clubs, a professional netball team and players across a wide spectrum of sports.
Nils also advises individuals who are being interviewed under caution by the Police and other prosecuting bodies, and also has experience of advising both individuals and businesses who are being investigated or prosecuted by the CQC, Trading Standards, HM Revenue and Customs, The Health and Safety Executive, as well as dealing with matters in coroners court.
Paul Campbell
Employment, Regulatory
Senior Partner
Based: Wakefield Office
Paul is the Senior Partner at Chadwick Lawrence and has been with the firm for over 40 years.
Specialising in employment law, Paul acts for a number of high profiles clients. Paul regularly handles senior contractual matters and high value claims and acts on commercial agency regulations matters for both businesses and private clients.
Paul sits on the Firm’s management board, as well as undertaking project work in different areas of the business.
Outside of the office, Paul enjoys spending time with his family and grandchildren.
Paul Carvis
Personal Injury, Client Care
Consultant
Based: Leeds City Centre Office
Paul began his legal career in London becoming the Senior Litigation Partner in a Commercial Practice in the West End. He returned to his native Yorkshire taking over the well known matrimonial firm of Dennis Lyth & Co and merged that firm with Godloves. He became Managing Partner of Godloves which merged with Chadwick Lawrence in 2012.
He has had a great deal of experience in private client matters and also was for a number of a years a Deputy District Judge.
He also specialised in probate work at which he is particularly skilled in utilising his commercial experience to deal with complex estate matters.
Paul is now the Partner responsible for dealing with client care at Chadwick Lawrence.
Peter Harling
Dispute Resolution, Litigation in Business, Intellectual Property, Corporate Recovery & Insolvency
Partner
Based: Leeds City Centre, Wakefield & Huddersfield Offices
Peter specialises in all aspects of Corporate Recovery & Insolvency, Insolvency Litigation, Debt Recovery, and Company Restoration. Peter is practical, commercial and well organised. In particular he enjoys negotiating and doing deals. He has excellent client care skills and ensures that clients are always kept up to date and matters are progressed.
Peter acts for:
- Insolvency Practitioners
- Individuals and Businesses in financial difficulty; and others who are affected by the same
- Directors of Businesses
Financial Institutions & Lenders and Shareholders
Peter specialises in providing advice on all aspects of Corporate Recovery & Insolvency and Insolvency Litigation including:
- Administrations
- Liquidations
- Company Voluntary Arrangements
- Bankruptcy
- Individual Voluntary Arrangements
- Antecedent transactions in both personal & corporate insolvencies e.g. Transfers at Undervalue; Preference claims; Transactions defrauding creditors; Wrongful & Fraudulent trading; and Misfeasance claims
- and Director disqualification
Peter recently settled a misfeasance claim on behalf of a retired couple who were the Judgment Creditor of a company. Further details about the case are contained within the following link:
http://www.chadwicklawrence.co.uk/news/chadwick-lawrence-secures-justice-home-buyers/
Peter specialises in Debt Recovery, including the recovery of unpaid debts and reasonable recovery fees pursuant to the Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act.
Peter specialises in providing advice on all aspects of Company Restoration to the Register of Companies at Companies House.
In particular Peter has restored a number of companies which had previously been dissolved after being in some form of insolvency with a view to appointing an Insolvency Practitioner to either bring a claim against a Bank for the miss-selling of a financial product or simply to accept and distribute the redress which a Bank had already identified as being owed to the company.
If you have a problem or issue please contact Peter for an informal chat on 01924 379 078.
Rebecca Payne
Family Law
Partner
Based: Wakefield Office
After qualifying as a Solicitor in 2007, Rebecca has become a Family Law specialist and joined Chadwick Lawrence in 2013. Rebecca practices all areas of Family Law including divorce, finances, pre and post-nuptial agreements, separation agreements, disputes between cohabitees and private law children matters.
Throughout her career, Rebecca has maintained a particular interest in advising on financial settlements arising from divorce. She has experience of dealing with a wide variety of such matters ranging from cases where there are limited assets (and the objective is to reach a settlement that meets the needs of all parties) to medium and high-value financial disputes frequently involving pensions.
Rebecca is a member of Resolution, a network of over 5,000 solicitors who are committed to adopting a non-confrontational approach to divorce and associated work. Rebecca also actively practices collaborative law which encourages couples to take a non-confrontational approach to resolving matters arising from their divorce or separation without the need for contested court cases.
Rosalind Salkeld
Complete Property Solutions
Consultant
Based: Leeds City Centre Office
Ros joined Chadwick Lawrence as a Partner in 2012 and is based at our Dock Street Office. Ros specialises in Commercial Property law and works for national and local clients in varying sectors including developers, property investors, retailers, house builders and private individuals; she also has experience working with international investors in UK property.
Ros deals with all aspects of commercial property law including leases for both landlords and tenants, investments sales and purchases, property aspects of secured lending, portfolio management, and property aspects of insolvency matters; she has also acted on several large developments in the region.
In her spare time Ros enjoys spending time with her family attending rugby matches at Harrogate Rugby Club and walking her three dogs.
Ruth Nippers
Home & Property
Partner & Real Estate Manager
Based: Leeds City Centre Office
Ruth is a Partner and Solicitor specialising in all aspects of Real Estate. She studied law at Sheffield Hallam University and overseas in Canada. She completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP, Leeds. She qualified as a Solicitor in 2016 at a local firm before moving to Chadwick Lawrence in 2017. Ruth is a Partner and Real Estate Manager at Leeds. She manages the Real Estate teams at Wakefield and Leeds, as well as the Remortgage Team and Post Completion Team for the Department. She is supervised by the Head of the Real Estate Team, Sarah Haller.
Sam Pawson
Employment, Sports Law
Partner
Based: Leeds Office
Sam is the Head of Employment and a Partner at the firm, having qualified as a solicitor in 2012 with 15 years of expertise in Employment Law.
In his fee earning role, Sam’s primary focus is the firm’s employment support package, Box HR, through which we act for over 200 clients across a diverse range of industries. Sam’s key areas of expertise are TUPE, redundancies and restructures, and discrimination. Sam oversees the firm’s marketing initiatives and is a key speaker in seminar and events. Sam also hosts the department’s podcast, offering valuable insights into Employment Law.
Outside of Employment Law, Sam is a trusted Sports Law solicitor, advising high-profile sports clubs on sensitive matters such as player contracts and disciplinary issues.
Sam is the Chair of Trustees for Aspire Community Benefits Society. Sam is a sports enthusiast, participating in marathons and enjoying football, rugby and cricket. Sam also enjoys travelling with his family.
Sarah Haller
Home & Property
Partner
Based: Huddersfield Office
Sarah is an Equity Partner at Chadwick Lawrence Solicitors and heads up the firm’s award winning and substantial residential conveyancing department, which operates from eight sites across West Yorkshire.
Sarah is also the Senior Officer in relation to Money Laundering compliance and the Senior Responsible Officer for the Conveyancing Quality Scheme, the Law Society’s recognised quality standard for law firms practicing residential conveyancing.
Sarah qualified as a Solicitor at Chadwick Lawrence in 2000 and is a very experienced conveyancing lawyer, now specialising in legal advice on equity release and lifetime mortgages.
She graduated from the University of Huddersfield, having both completed her LLB Business (Hons) degree and MBA at the university.
Sarah is always pleased to talk to and meet with professionals in the sector and prospective stake-holders in her drive to expand and continuously improve the conveyancing department.
Sarah Hemmings
Corporate and Contracts
Partner
Based: Wakefield Office
Sarah completed a Law degree (LLB) at Birmingham University in 1998, an LPC at The College of Law, York in 1999 and qualified as a solicitor at Walker Morris in 2001.
Specialising in corporate and contracts law, Sarah has worked for Chadwick Lawrence since 2005.
Sarah Power (née Crowther)
Family Law
Partner
Based: Huddersfield Office
Sarah is a Partner in our Family Law team and the Head of our Private Client Team which comprises Family and Wills & Probate.
Sarah’s expertise lies in her ability to get to grips quickly with complex cases, often involving medium to high value assets. Sarah has a particular focus on addressing the financial settlements of divorcing couples, particularly those involving business assets and she often represents business owners and their spouses. Sarah also has a wealth of experience in other aspects of Family Law which encompasses advising on matters relating to the arrangements for children post-separation and the rights of unmarried couples.
Sarah is a member of Resolution and is a trained Collaborative Lawyer.
Sarah Wood
Employment
Partner
Based: Wakefield Office
Sarah is an Employment Solicitor with over 20 years’ experience in Employment Law and is also an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Personal Development.
Sarah focuses predominantly on the delivery of Box HR, providing Employment and HR advice to a wide range of employers with a very practical and commercial edge. Sarah takes a lead role in preparing and delivering training modules both as part of the Box HR service and to meet specific company training requirements.
When not in the office, Sarah enjoys travelling, walking and cycling.
Simon Ingham
Contentious Probate, Dispute Resolution, Complete Property Solutions, Residential Property Disputes
Partner
Based: Leeds City Centre Office
Simon Ingham first qualified as a solicitor in Scotland and now practises in England. He has been employed by Chadwick Lawrence in its Dispute Resolution Department since the beginning of 2005. He now specialises in property, probate, Wills, Inheritance Act and trust disputes.
As a property litigator, Simon’s cases involve rights over land or arising from its ownership. His probate disputes concern the exploitation of the elderly or infirm; defective or missing Wills; the failure to make adequate financial provision on death; and, the mal-administration of trusts and estates.
Steven Bonfield
Corporate and Contracts
Consultant
Based: Halifax Office
Steven is a Consultant and solicitor specialising in corporate and commercial law.
After completing a BA (hons) in Legal Studies in 1977, Steven qualified as a Solicitor in 1980 and joined Chadwick Lawrence following the 2004 merger of the firm with Steven Bonfield Solicitors.
Steven advises and negotiates on corporate transactions; devising and implementing strategic corporate solutions; corporate finance and all aspects of corporate governance. Steven also devises practical solutions to commercial challenges; advising on, explaining and producing business contracts in plain English.
In the specialist areas of corporate mergers, acquisitions, restructures and corporate finance, Steven has worked with high profile clients, including Eurocopy plc, The Kerfoot Group Ltd and Calderdale MBC. Steven is also very experienced in dealing with international transactions, and has recently completed a series of deals for an American group of companies.
Steven is very active in his spare time, and when he is not supporting his local Rugby League team, Halifax RLFC, he can be found skiing or road cycling. Steven also considers himself a ‘foody’, and loves spending time cooking for family and friends.
Stuart Murray
Complete Property Solutions
Partner
Based: Guiseley & Wakefield offices
Stuart joined Lister Croft as a Trainee Solicitor in 1982 and qualified as a Solicitor in 1984. Stuart then joined Chadwick Lawrence in April 2008 when the firm bought Lister Croft.
Stuart has extensive experience in commercial property law, working throughout his career on all aspects of land acquisition on behalf of developers, business sales and purchases and in acting for a number of major national builders across the North of England. He has more recently specialised in residential development transactions.
When not at work, Stuart enjoys walking, cycling and running.
Tony May
Court of Protection
Partner
Based: Huddersfield
I qualified as a Solicitor in 1990 after completing a Bachelor of Law (LL.B) degree. A number of years later I obtained a Master of Law (LL.M) degree in Advanced Litigation. I am a Partner and Head of Clinical Negligence and Medical Law at Chadwick Lawrence LLP, a department that I established in 1998.
Specialising in Medical Negligence, I am a member of The Law Society’s Clinical Negligence Accreditation Scheme and an Accredited Clinical Negligence Specialist with the Association of Personal Injury Lawyers (APIL). I am also a Clinical Negligence Assessor for The Law Society and an Accredited Clinical Negligence Specialist Assessor for APIL.
I lead a team of Medical Negligence lawyers who all specialise solely in Claimant Medical Negligence work and I am listed in The Legal 500 and ranked in Chambers UK 2018. I have a particular expertise in Cerebral Palsy and other birth related injury cases, and have an excellent record in high value and complex cases. I continue to act as the Court of Protection Deputy for many of the Cerebral Palsy and brain damaged clients that I have represented.
Your Team
With over 250 members of staff in locations across the region, nobody is better placed than Chadwick Lawrence to manage all your legal requirements. Whether your needs are Commercial or Private, we have the staff and expertise to deal with your every request.
